Itanagar: Security forces have arrested an NSCN (IM) leader wanted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the murder case of former Khonsa MLA Tirong Aboh from Longding district.
A joint team of Longding Battalion of Assam Rifles and district police on Monday arrested the rebel, identified as self-proclaimed Lt. Col. Anok Wangsu.
Wangsa was the self-styled commander of the Wancho area and was responsible for organizing illegal extortion and recruitment drives in the district, officials said.
The militant’s arrest holds significance as he was one of the prime suspects in two NIA cases, one in 2015 where three Indian Army soldiers were killed in an ambush and the other in 2019 when MLA Abuh and 10 others were killed.
Several criminal documents, extortion and fake identity cards were recovered from Wangsa’s possession.
In September 2022, security forces arrested his accomplice, a self-proclaimed sergeant who was involved in threatening and extorting money from innocent villagers in Kanubari area.
Officials added that Wangsu has been handed over to the Longding Police Station for further investigation.
Aboh, his 20-year-old son and nine others were shot dead by underground militants in Tirap district, making it one of the darkest days in the history of Arunachal Pradesh.
The killings took place in the 12-mile area of Tarap district when the MLA was on his way from Dibrugarh in Assam to Khonsa, the district headquarters of Tirap, when militants opened fire on his four-vehicle convoy.
The case, which is inconclusive till date, is being investigated by the NIA.
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